When attitude -- or position -- control is lost on a structure like the space station, it begins to tumble.

CNN: Make China our new partner in space

Moscow (CNN) -- The Russian space agency on Monday postponed the launch of a new manned mission to the International Space Station due to last week's accident in which an unmanned cargo craft was lost, the state news agency RIA Novosti reported.

CNN: Russia postpones new manned space station mission